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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Before you can put anything into a trust you need to identify with specificity...
James L Lindon Ph.D.
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Until the intellectual property is identified and registered in some way, its...
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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The below does not constitute legal advice, does not form an attorney-client...
Pamela Koslyn
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Unfortunately costuming a stage show is not a service that the trademark office...
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Your friend should consult with an attorney. There is not enough...
Pamela Koslyn
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I agree with my colleague. In order to understand the contractual relationship...
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Dana Howard Shultz
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The issue you are raising is whether the quotes would constitute fair use under...
Kaiser Wahab
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To dispel what appears to be a major misconception about the use of copyrighted...
Robert John Murillo
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You must contact a trademark attorney immediately. Based on your facts it...
Pamela Koslyn
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As my colleague noted, if you didn't register this business name as your...
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Pamela Koslyn
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1) By the site, yes, if the TOS provides for suits for breaking the TOS, and no,...
Mario Sergio Golab
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It depends of the TOS. Read it and it will tel you the consequences of...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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I suggest that you seriously consider the possibility that the twelve attorneys...
Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 9

I'm one of the lawyers who provided "candid responses" to this questioner - I...
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Trademarks are NOT word monopolies. Infringement only occurs when someone uses...
Pamela Koslyn
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Yes, there's a loophole in trademark law. It's called "nominative fair use,"...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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“Definition of a victim: a person to whom life happens.” Peter McWilliams...
Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 9

Obviously something like this can't be answered on Avvo, it's got far too much...
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Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 9

From a quick search on the copyright database, it seems the flag is from 1911,...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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It's unlawful in California to offer business services by using an insignia,...
Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 9

Yes, if you took the photos, then you own both the photos and the copyrights to...
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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“Whoever intentionally traffics or attempts to traffic in goods or services...
Brian Richard Dinday
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Okay, here is yet another point of view, but somewhat different. You do not...
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Pamela Koslyn
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If you're creating a parody and your use is deemed "fair," then you don't owe...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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2 Live Crew wrote a song parody of Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman" and sold...
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Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 9

A parody has to make some commentary about the original work, it can't simply...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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If your song does not comment on the original then it's NOT a parody of the...
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Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 9

Colors (and team name and stylem size, and placement of font, etc.) are a big...
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Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 9

The rightsholders of the logos you're re-using on your own products have the...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Contributor Level 7

See the answers given at: http://bit.ly/3B17Gp
Pamela Koslyn
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Yes, you can sell copies of your photo or on mugs or shirts. Since you took the...
Imran Farooq Vakil
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I generally agree with the analysis provided above, and people do it all the...
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Pamela Koslyn
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Many images on the internet are copyrighted, and their rightsholders have the...
Richard F Hamlin
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You will not find better advice than Ms. Koslyn's. Hire her or someone else...
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Steven Alan Fink
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Yes, with full disclosure that it is waiting approval and the warning that it...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Sure. What you're selling is a patent application -- not a patent. If the...
Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 9

A) B) C ) Yes, if the art is unrelated to the crime and there's no restritution...

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